Select and paste not working properly in Eclipse (probably a Java issue)

[Michael]

Kubuntu 8.04, java-6-openjdk.

When I select text in Eclipse to paste it using the middle mouse button, the text pasted is often the text which was selected before. If I select the text a second time, pasting it succeeds. I assume that this is a Java issue rather than an Eclipse one.

[Michael (michaeljt)]

Actually what makes the difference is if I change the selection several times in short succession. If I select something after not having selected anything for a while, the change is often not noticed. This also affects the clipboard (the Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V/X11 CLIPBOARD selection one).

[kenden (kenden)]

Same problem on Ubuntu 8.10 with Eclipse 3.2.2

Ctrl-C Ctrl-V does not work properly:
I have to press Ctrl-C twice each time.

Note: I also have Glipper installed on Ubuntu. No other program is giving problems with copy/paste.

[kenden (kenden)]

My problem was solved by installing parcellite instead of glipper, I found this is bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glipper/+bug/218624

Michael, do you have glipper installed?

[Michael (michaeljt)]

I was using klipper, which is installed by default in Kubuntu. Now I am no longer using Eclipse, as it can no longer cope with the size of the project I need it for, and crashes with "out of memory" every time I use it. So this ticket can probably be closed on both counts :) Kendon, thanks for pointing that out.

[kenden (kenden)]

Since the problem happened both with g/klipper, I am setting this bug as a duplicate.

Just for the record since you probably don't need it anymore, for big projects, the memory available to Eclipse can be adjusted using the arguments:
eclipse -vmargs -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m
Or changing them in the eclipse.ini file:
-vmargs
-Xms512m
-Xmx1024m
-XX:MaxPermSize=512m

Then this can be checked in:
Help > About in "Configuration Details"

That should solve the Eclipse Out Of Memory issues!

[wolfmanjm (morris-wolfman)]

FWIW I had this problem with Ganymede and Klipper especially with mouse selections. The fix for me was to turn OFF the Klipper setting "prevent empty clipboard". Now copy/paste with mouse works fine.